Disney Workers Picket At Hotels & photos

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.ocregister.com/news/disney-union-want-1981893-hotels-members

Friday, February 15, 2008

Hotel union members protest over stalled salary negotiations with Disney management.
By SARAH TULLY
The Orange County Register

ANAHEIM Hundreds of union members marched Friday in front of Disney hotels to protest the company's handing of stalled salary negotiations.

The union and Disney managers can't agree where to hold negotiations, two weeks after contracts expired for 2,300 members. They have yet to exchange proposals.

Photo slide show at link above.

"We want insurance. We want raises. And we want respect because the company doesn't give us respect either," said Angelica Gutierrez, a Disneyland Hotel employee.

Union members and residents picketed on the sidewalks by the Paradise Pier and Grand Californian hotels, two of three hotels where they work. Crowd estimates ranged from 350 to 560 people.

The union is demanding to meet on Disney property, as they always have. But Disney negotiators want to talk at a "neutral" location, Disney spokesman John Nicoletti said. Disney negotiators have offered to meet at off-site places, including the union's headquarters and the Hilton Anaheim across the street from Disney.

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1. Thanks, Steve!

On the signs: "What about OUR dreams?"